I read the book What If You Met a Pirate? with my five-year old son. We both loved the book. This was the first book that I read in this pirate unit. I was very surprised to read some of the facts in this book. I had no idea that pirate ships were operated as [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Pirate Diary and What If You Met a Pirate?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I Poetry Response and The Not So Jolly Roger Response
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Writing an I Poem last semester was the most rewarding writing experience that I have had. I wrote it for an assignment in Dr. Fitts’ class. It brought so many memories back to me; things I had not thought about for years and years. It was actually very emotional, but in a good way. My [...]
Shared Readings
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Shared reading is a technique that I normally think of as a strategy to use with younger students, as this article indicates I am not the only one who thinks this. In reading this article I have discovered that it can be used successfully with older children, as well. As the article states, “it should [...]
Internet Workshop
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The internet workshop was an informative experience for me. I think that the first thing that I learned was about me. I have such a strong desire to look on Wikipedia or to do a Google search, it was hard for me to use the sites that we were asked to use. It was not [...]
Pirates
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Internet Workshop and Blog Publishing Post: This article is informative and should be read by pre-service teachers as well as more “seasoned” educators. The first thing that grabbed my attention was using computer technology to teach the “values of good citizenship” (p. 3). Citizenship across time is one of the standards on the Social Studies [...]
Response: Integrating Instruction-Level Social Studies Trade Books for Struggling Readers in Upper Elementary Grades
Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Children should not think of school as being frustrating. They should feel challenged, not cheated by their teacher. But, we are cheating students if we do not provide them each day with opportunities to feel successful. Jon, the child mentioned in the article has to choose whether or not to read or to pretend to [...]
